Murph Napoleon Thorp Sr. (1901 - 1967)

Born 30 Nov 1901 in Mertzon, Irion County, Texas, United States

Ancestors

Son of Joseph Pleasant Thorp and Harriett Rachel Matilda (Crump) Thorp

Died 3 Nov 1967 at age 65 in Big Spring, Howard, Texas, United States

Biography

Name

Name: Murph Napoleon /Thorp/^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]}

Name: Murph /Thorp/

Name: Napoleon /Thorp/

According to his son, he was christened as Johhny Murph Thorp and changed his name to Murph Napoleon Thorp when he left home at around age 18.

Birth

Birth:

Date: 30 NOV 1901

Place: Mertzon, Irion County, Texas, USA^{[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]}

Event

Event:

Type: Civil

Place: Texas^[23]

Event:

Type: Departure

Place: Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, CA^[24]

Event: Age: 21

Type: Arrival

Date: 21 JUN 1922

Place: New Orleans, Louisiana^[25]

Residence

Residence: Age: 18; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son

Date: 1920

Place: Mertzon, Irion County, Texas, USA^[26]

Residence:

Date: 21 JAN 1934

Place: Big Springs, Howard, Texas, USA^[27]

Residence:

Place: Big Spring, Howard, Texas^[28]

Residence: Age: 38; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head

Date: 01 APR 1940

Place: Big Spring, Howard, Texas, United States^[29][30]

Residence:

Date: 1942

Place: Big Spring, Texas, USA^[31]

Residence:

Date: 1935

Place: Big Spring, Howard, Texas^[32]

Residence: Age: 8; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son

Date: 1910

Place: Justice Precinct 1, Irion, Texas^[33]

Residence: Age: 28; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head

Date: 1930

Place: Big Lake, Reagan, Texas, USA^[34]

Occupation

Occupation: Jr. Radio Operator

Date: 1922

Place: New Orleans, Louisiana^[35]

Occupation: Paint Store Owner

Date: 1967^[36]

Height

Height: 5'8"

Date: 1922

Place: New Orleans, Louisiana^[37]

Marriage

Husband: Joseph Pleasant Thorp

Wife: @I5021@

Child: @I818@

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Murph Napoleon Thorp

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Nathan Aris Thorp

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Mollie Anna Thorp

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Albert Jasper Thorp

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Margaret Maggie Thorp

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Joseph Pleasant Pink Thorp

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Willie J Thorp

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Oral Lake Thorp

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage:

Date: 23 DEC 1884

Place: Williamson, Texas, United States^[38][39]

Death

Death: Age: 65

Date: 03 NOV 1967

Place: Big Spring, Howard, Texas, USA^{[40][41][42][43][44]}

Burial

Burial:

Place: Big Spring, Howard County, Texas, USA^[45][46]

DNA

• Paternal relationship is confirmed through Y-chromosome DNA testing. Murph Thorp and his second cousin once removed, Chuck Thorpe match on 36 out of 37 markers (only differing on fast changing Y-STR marker DYS456) (see YSearch IDs SC8P7 and DPAJ7) thereby confirming their direct paternal lines back to their MRCA William Pleasant Thorp.
• Maternal relationship is confirmed with an AncestryDNA test match of 10 segments totalling 201 cM between Murph Thorp GEDMatch A532792 and Gail Crump, second cousins. Predicted relationship reported by AncestryDNA: 2nd-3rd Cousins; Confidence: Extremely High.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S342
2. ↑ Source: #S362 Page: See image Object: @M3508@
3. ↑ Source: #S206 Page: Year: 1910; Census Place: Justice Precinct 1, Irion, Texas; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: . Data: Text: Birth date: 1902 CONT Birth place: Texas CONT Residence date: 1910 CONT Residence place: Justice Precinct 1, Irion, Texas Object: @M3509@
4. ↑ Source: #S172 Page: Year: 1930; Census Place: Big Lake, Reagan, Texas; Roll: 2385; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0002; Image: 381.0; FHL microfilm: 2342119 Object: @M3510@
5. ↑ Source: #S224 Object: @M3511@
6. ↑ Source: #S283 Page: Number: 456-54-4244; Issue State: Texas; Issue Date: 1951-1952
7. ↑ Source: #S362 Object: @M3512@
8. ↑ Source: #S224 Object: @M3513@
9. ↑ Source: #S381
10. ↑ Source: #S205 Page: Year: 1920; Census Place: Mertzon, Irion, Texas; Roll: T625_1821; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 122; Image: . Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1902 CONT Birth place: Texas CONT Residence date: 1920 CONT Residence place: Mertzon, Irion, Texas Object: @M3093@
11. ↑ Source: #S25
12. ↑ Source: #S123 Page: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New Orleans, Louisiana, 1910-1945; Series: T939; Roll #: 63 Object: @M3514@
13. ↑ Source: #S215 Page: Year: 1940; Census Place: Big Spring, Howard, Texas; Roll: T627_4070; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 114-5 Object: @M2577@
14. ↑ Source: #S342
15. ↑ Source: #S362 Page: See image Object: @M3508@
16. ↑ Source: #S206 Page: Year: 1910; Census Place: Justice Precinct 1, Irion, Texas; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: . Data: Text: Birth date: 1902 CONT Birth place: Texas CONT Residence date: 1910 CONT Residence place: Justice Precinct 1, Irion, Texas Object: @M3509@
17. ↑ Source: #S172 Page: Year: 1930; Census Place: Big Lake, Reagan, Texas; Roll: 2385; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0002; Image: 381.0; FHL microfilm: 2342119 Object: @M3510@
18. ↑ Source: #S283 Page: Number: 456-54-4244; Issue State: Texas; Issue Date: 1951-1952
19. ↑ Source: #S381
20. ↑ Source: #S205 Page: Year: 1920; Census Place: Mertzon, Irion, Texas; Roll: T625_1821; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 122; Image: . Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1902 CONT Birth place: Texas CONT Residence date: 1920 CONT Residence place: Mertzon, Irion, Texas Object: @M3093@
21. ↑ Source: #S123 Page: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New Orleans, Louisiana, 1910-1945; Series: T939; Roll #: 63 Object: @M3514@
22. ↑ Source: #S215 Page: Year: 1940; Census Place: Big Spring, Howard, Texas; Roll: T627_4070; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 114-5 Object: @M2577@
23. ↑ Source: #S283 Page: Number: 456-54-4244; Issue State: Texas; Issue Date: 1951-1952
24. ↑ Source: #S123 Page: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New Orleans, Louisiana, 1910-1945; Series: T939; Roll #: 63 Object: @M3514@
25. ↑ Source: #S123 Page: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New Orleans, Louisiana, 1910-1945; Series: T939; Roll #: 63 Object: @M3514@
26. ↑ Source: #S205 Page: Year: 1920; Census Place: Mertzon, Irion, Texas; Roll: T625_1821; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 122; Image: . Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1902 CONT Birth place: Texas CONT Residence date: 1920 CONT Residence place: Mertzon, Irion, Texas Object: @M3093@
27. ↑ Source: #S362 Object: @M3512@
28. ↑ Source: #S362 Page: See image Object: @M3508@
29. ↑ Source: #S224 Object: @M3513@
30. ↑ Source: #S215 Page: Year: 1940; Census Place: Big Spring, Howard, Texas; Roll: T627_4070; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 114-5 Object: @M2577@
31. ↑ Source: #S224 Object: @M3511@
32. ↑ Source: #S215 Page: Year: 1940; Census Place: Big Spring, Howard, Texas; Roll: T627_4070; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 114-5 Object: @M2577@
33. ↑ Source: #S206 Page: Year: 1910; Census Place: Justice Precinct 1, Irion, Texas; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: . Data: Text: Birth date: 1902 CONT Birth place: Texas CONT Residence date: 1910 CONT Residence place: Justice Precinct 1, Irion, Texas Object: @M3509@
34. ↑ Source: #S172 Page: Year: 1930; Census Place: Big Lake, Reagan, Texas; Roll: 2385; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0002; Image: 381.0; FHL microfilm: 2342119 Object: @M3510@
35. ↑ Source: #S123 Page: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New Orleans, Louisiana, 1910-1945; Series: T939; Roll #: 63 Object: @M3514@
36. ↑ Source: #S362 Page: See image Object: @M3508@
37. ↑ Source: #S123 Page: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New Orleans, Louisiana, 1910-1945; Series: T939; Roll #: 63 Object: @M3514@
38. ↑ Source: #S207 Page: Year: 1900; Census Place: Justice Precinct 1, Irion, Texas; Roll: T623_1648; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 98. Data: Text: Birth date: Jul 1859 CONT Birth place: Texas CONT Marriage date: 1884 CONT Marriage place: CONT Residence date: 1900 CONT Residence place: Justice Precinct 1-4, Irion, Texas Object: @M3087@
39. ↑ Source: #S207 Page: Year: 1900; Census Place: Justice Precinct 1, Irion, Texas; Roll: T623_1648; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 98. Data: Text: Birth date: Oct 1866 CONT Birth place: Texas CONT Marriage date: 1884 CONT Marriage place: CONT Residence date: 1900 CONT Residence place: Justice Precinct 1-4, Irion, Texas Object: @M3087@
40. ↑ Source: #S342
41. ↑ Source: #S362 Page: See image Object: @M3508@
42. ↑ Source: #S283 Page: Number: 456-54-4244; Issue State: Texas; Issue Date: 1951-1952
43. ↑ Source: #S381
44. ↑ Source: #S25
45. ↑ Source: #S342
46. ↑ Source: #S381

See also:

• Ancestry Profile
• Source: S206 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1910 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data - Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Was; Repository: Ancestry.com;
• Source: S205 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1920 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Reco; Repository: Ancestry.com;
• Source: S172 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1930 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626,; Repository: Ancestry.com;
• Source: S215 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1940 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627; Repository: Ancestry.com;
• Source: S123 Author: Ancestry.com Title: New Orleans Passenger Lists, 1820-1945 Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006.Original data - Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New Orleans, Louisiana, 1820-1902. Microfilm publication M259. 93 rolls. Record Group 36.Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at; Repository: Ancestry.com;
• Source: S283 Title: Social Security Death Index Publication: Name: Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011.; Repository: Ancestry.com;
• Source: S362 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013; Repository: Ancestry.com; Ancestry Record 2272 #1138019; Name: Murph Napoleon Thorp Senior; Gender: Male; Race: White; Age: 65; Birth Date: 30 Nov 1901; Birth Place: Mertzon, Texas; Residence: Big Spring, Howard, Texas, USA; Death Date: 3 Nov 1967; Death Place: Big Spring, Howard, Texas, USA; Father: Joe Pleasant Thorp; Mother: Harriett Rachal Crump; Spouse: M N Thorp. Image
• Source: S25 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data - Texas Department of Health. Texas Death Indexes, 1903-2000. Austin, TX, USA: Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit.Original data: Texas Department of H; Repository: Ancestry.com;
• Source: S224 Author: Ancestry.com Title: U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 (Beta) Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Original sources vary according to directory. The title of the specific directory being viewed is listed at the top of the image viewer page. Check the directory titl; Repository: Ancestry.com;
• Source: S381 Author: Ancestry.com Title: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012; Repository: Ancestry.com;
• Source: S342 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Web: Texas, Find A Grave Index, 1761-2012 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012; Repository: Ancestry.com;